Friday, January 8, 2010

I know that one of you is out there, just waiting for me to post this assignment. For that reason, I'm just going to cut to the chase, give you the straight-skinny, get right to the point, or maybe not. You know by now that I am a woman of words who appreciates the intricacies and turnings of language, and I will usually find a way to wax poetic about any topic that presents itself. (You all may consider this lunatic rambling, but you are entitled to your own (misguided) opinion.)

Anyway, here's what I'd like to know: 1. In this year of language and rhetorical analysis, what have you learned? Or if not learned, grown more aware? What have you attempted in your writing and/or reading that you never did before? Conversely, on what do you still need some work?2. One of the things I have hoped for you is a growing awareness of language. So, to that end, include a bit of found poetry for us: a phrase, a slogan, a song lyric, a word, any use of language that catches your eye and tickles your ear.

About Me

"I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills." Oh, that's not me! No, instead of toiling over coffee beans like Dneisen, I spend my days cultivating a different crop, nurturing critical thought and encouraging reflection and epiphany, Pruning back the errant limbs of digression and distraction,weeding away the obvious and superficial,and safeguarding against the presence of doubt and other parasites.